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Arsenal Grounds near Petersburgh RR Bridge, Richmond, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.056 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View in the Arsenal Grounds, near the Petersburgh R. R. Bridge, Richmond, Va. showing Shot, Shell, and Cannister scattered around." Large stores of munitions -- pyramids of cannonballs, canisters, and other explosive material.

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